Partner With Us
We're not replacing your discipleship. We're completing it.
Faithful Presence was built to serve as an extension of the local church, not a replacement for it. Whether you lead a church in the DC metro area, pastor a congregation sending members into public service, or represent a foundation investing in the long-term health of Christian public engagement — there is a meaningful role for you here.
For Churches & Pastors
Closing the Sunday-to-Monday gap.
Washington is full of faithful people who love their church and quietly struggle with the gap between Sunday morning and Monday at work. Faithful Presence exists to close that gap — by offering whole-life formation to the members of your congregation who serve in the public square, and returning them to your community more grounded, more equipped, and more deeply connected to their calling.
We're targeting 3 active church partnerships in 2026, 10 by 2027, and 20 by 2028. If your church serves people who carry the weight of public life, we'd love to talk.
Leader Training
Invite Rev. Michael Langer to speak, train, or lead a workshop for your pastoral team or congregation on whole-life discipleship and public square engagement.
Explore a Ministry Partnership
Send members of your congregation to Faithful Presence discipleship cohorts, in person or virtually, and receive regular updates on their formation journey. We also offer regular pastoral briefings on the theological and cultural conversations shaping the public square.
Explore our Curriculum
Bring whole-life discipleship into your congregation through the 1 Peter curriculum, Whole-Life Discipleship for the Whole of the Exile. Designed for small groups, Sunday school classes, and midweek studies.
For Theologians & Academic Partners
A theologically serious conversation.
Faithful Presence is a theologically serious ministry. The S.E.R.V.I.C.E. framework is grounded in peer-reviewed research, developed in conversation with credentialed scholars, and actively being refined through the President's PhD work at Stellenbosch University and his fellowship at the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge. We welcome collaboration with theologians, academics, and ministry thinkers who share our conviction that faithful public engagement requires serious theological formation, not just good intentions.
Host Michael on Your Platform
Rev. Michael Langer is available for podcast interviews, academic panels, and conference presentations on whole-life discipleship, public square theology, and the S.E.R.V.I.C.E. framework.
Join the Conversation
Faithful Presence maintains a body of Senior Fellows providing ongoing content review and academic accountability. If you are a credentialed scholar interested in engaging this work, we'd welcome the conversation.
For Foundations & Institutional Partners
Building toward something that lasts.
The long-term work of whole-life discipleship in Washington requires more than annual giving, it requires institutional investment. Faithful Presence is building toward an endowment that will sustain this ministry for generations, providing the financial stability to serve servants and leaders in the public square without interruption and without compromise.
Faithful Presence is a 100% centrally-funded ministry — no staff member raises personal support. Every institutional gift goes directly to the mission, the team, and the people we serve.
A comprehensive Ministry Plan is available upon request, including our theory of change, governance structure, financial projections, and strategic priorities for 2026 and beyond.
Request the Ministry Plan
Theory of change, governance, financials, and 2026 strategic priorities.
Contact Michael Directly
For foundations and family offices interested in endowment or major gift conversations.
The stakes are real.
More than 200,000 servants and leaders work in Washington. Most will never be reached by a Capitol Hill ministry. The local church is the intended instrument of discipleship for these men and women. Faithful Presence is here to help the church do that work more completely — reaching into the corners of public life that Sunday morning alone cannot reach.